I don't follow you Mike. Are you saying persons spending around $1,000 or
2,000 on a new laptop can't afford an extra strip of ram which is extremely
affordable? Have you done any pricing lately?

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote in message
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So the laptop manufacturer installs 2gb because it is known that Vista is
better for having 2gb fitted.

Nope, too easy a solution, and they will lose customers who can't quite
afford 2gb.

Then again, RAM would come down in price if more was manufactured and
installed by the OEMs

Vista performs adequately in 1gb, assuming that there is no call on the
RAM by any part of the system. In laptops, there always is, and desktops
with integrated video have the same issue. The manufacturers are quite
aware of this fact, yet they still choose to sell underpowered systems..

They did it with XP too. Remember, it is better to have sold an
underpowered system than to have lost the sale completely..



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